A 70-year-old woman was diagnosed with prostatitisa disease that only affects menin a medical center in Lima of the Peruvian social security system EsSaludas reported by the affected person and later confirmed by the institution.
«I come for my result and they tell me that I have prostatitis, that’s what they told me. When you call there is never an appointment at the hospital, I made the appointment to get my results and that’s what it said, what men have«, declared the woman to the television program «America News».
The affected person indicated that she came to have a routine gynecological medical checkup to a polyclinic EsSalud in the district of Chorrillos, in the south of Lima, and that he was later informed that he suffered from «prostatic hyperplasia» (enlargement of the prostate).
@tromepe A 70-year-old woman was mistakenly diagnosed with benign prostatic hyperplasia, a disease exclusive to men, after attending a checkup at EsSalud.😳🆘 #eshealth #hospital #seniors #noticiasperu #Trome ♬ ■ News News-Drone-IT-AI(963995) – ImoKenpi-Dou
Nobody gave him answers
Given this, he indicated that he filed a complaint and He did not receive adequate treatment or apologiesand was even told that those responsible for the wrong diagnosis could not be identified, so one of his sons announced that they would take legal action.
«It is outrageous to report a wrong diagnosis. The patient comes here to be cured, we are going to take legal action in the case, because this is very serious,» he remarked.
After the complaint was widely reported by local media, EsSalud He said in a statement that he «deeply regrets the confusion and discomfort caused to Patience and her family.»
EsSalud said in a statement that it «deeply regrets the confusion and discomfort caused to Patience and her family» (EsSalud).«After verification of the facts, it was confirmed that there was an error in entering the request code record, which generated the delivery of a clinical result belonging to another patient (male),» he indicated.
Social security added that what happened to the patient has been explained and she is guaranteed «preferential care,» in addition to the fact that the case will be investigated and the corresponding administrative sanction will be «imposed on the personnel involved.»
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